Well done Poms. That was a demolition. I enjoyed every minute of it. Before the first day of the first test Michael Clarke said his team would not go in for a drink (they had been invited by the English team) at the end of the test as they wanted to foster a hard attitude and not fraternize with the opponent. What a shameful attitude, and one I hoped would come back to bite.
In today's paper there was reference to a feud between two wives of players which created tension between the husbands, and animosity over the timing of announcement of players non selection. And of course there was an article by Michael Clarke saying his timing was right to retire and with the support of his wife and Shane Warne who asked him lots of relevant questions he realized that yes the time is right. The trouble is that this time last week his article in the same paper was all about how the pressure was on him to perform and he thrived on this and win lose or draw he was not going to retire as he was still hungry and loved getting up at 5.30am every day to work on his body. I just hope the bugger doesn't get a plum commentator's job like most of them do so I have to put up with more of his BS. Not that I watch much.
As you may have gathered in the past I haven't been a fan of the Australian cricket team for many years, perhaps as many as twenty. I barrack for their opposition in every contest. The Australians have been arrogant bully boys for a long time: sledging, spiteful whingers and bad sports, and big heads.
I know I'm supposed to be blindly loyal to my nation's sporting teams, and I wonder where I went off the rails. I think it's something to do with backing the underdog. Perhaps I've felt a bit like an underdog most of my adult life, firstly being a Melbourne supporter and secondly being self employed for 35 years, at the mercy of every petty bureaucracy under the sun. I could go on but this was not intended to be my sob story.
I'm just glad the Gods of cricket brought some Karma, Let's hope the Aussies can gain a little humility and sportsmanship.
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Haven't watched much cricket at all since Alan Border retired. ("And who is Alan Border?" I hear all the young cricket fanatics say.) He did (Not sure he still does) some sports news reading on Qld TV news. Thank goodness he could play a whole lot better than he can read is all I can say.
I can't imagine AB reading the sports news. He was a great batsman and captain who came through years of poor teams and built them up. He didn't need a flat track like a lot them do today and would dig in when the going was tough.
Lovely to hear from you Lesley. Trust you are all well.
Yes I know and yes. Just moving too slowly to do anything than the most urgent tasks. Funny it takes cricket to get me animated enough to comment! Will catch up one day. Daughter arrives from Cambodia Saturday. 3 months furlough. Not all of it here but anticipation is presently fairly high!
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